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Senate slated to take first vote on megabill Satur...

politico.com 9 miesięcy temu Senate Republicans are planning to take an first vote at noon on Saturday to take up the megabill. Leadership laid out the timeline during a closed-door lunch on Friday, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) said after...

How Zohran Mamdani shocked fresh York

9 miesięcy temu Why everyone is talking about fresh York City’s fresh mayoral frontrunner.

Trump says US ending all negotiations with Canada ...

9 miesięcy temu Canada had approved a 3 percent digital last year in June and the first set of payments is due on Monday.

The Last Lifeline

9 miesięcy temu Doctors give everything to save lives during a violent gang war in 1 of the last remaining trauma hospitals in Haiti.

Russia kills 5 in Ukraine’s Samar, as Putin seems ...

9 miesięcy temu Russian leader indicates longterm plan to cut army spending, as his forces vie for foothold in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk.

DR Congo and Rwanda sign peace deal in ‘turning po...

9 miesięcy temu The US and Qatar brokered peace agreement must be followed by disengagement and return of displaced families, DRC said.

Trump says July 4 is “not the end all”

politico.com 9 miesięcy temu President Donald Trump on Friday backed off the July 4 deadline he set for legislature to pass his megabill, acknowledging the timing could slip as Republicans work through a series of political and logistical hurdles. “It’s not the end-all,”...

Nike to rise costs as Trump’s tariffs on China bi...

9 miesięcy temu Nike joins companies like Walmart, mark and Mattel that have said they will request to rise prices due to tariffs.

Muslim Democrats ask leaders to denounce Islamopho...

politico.com 9 miesięcy temu All 4 Muslim Democratic home members are denouncing “racist smears” against Zohran Mamdani from lawmakers in both parties since his fresh York City mayoral primary win, according to a message provided first to POLITICO. "The vile, anti-Muslim and...

Why the Trump administration is targeting immigrat...

9 miesięcy temu Advocates fear a pattern is emerging, where immigrants face fast dismissals in the courtroom and detention outside it.

Trump vows to push ahead with ending birthright ci...

9 miesięcy temu US president Donald Trump is vowing to push ahead with his effort to end birthright citizenship.

Putin confirms he wants all of Ukraine, as Europe ...

9 miesięcy temu Trump made no pledge of assistance to Ukraine at NATO summit, but said he’d 'try' and sale Patriot interceptors.

Kenyan minister caught urging police to shoot prot...

9 miesięcy temu Kenya’s Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen has been caught on video appearing to authorise police to shoot protesters.

Israeli soldiers ‘ordered’ to shoot at unarmed Gaz...

9 miesięcy temu Israel's Haaretz paper reports that soldiers operating close food aid sites have deliberately fired on Palestinians.

Megabill hold 'possible,' Johnson says

politico.com 9 miesięcy temu Speaker Mike Johnson opened the door Friday to a possible megabill hold past the GOP's self-imposed July 4 deadline. “It’s possible ... but I don't want to even accept that as an option right now,” he told reporters as...

At least 1 killed as Israeli strikes pummel confe...

9 miesięcy temu Lebanese state media reports civilian casualties after Israeli attack on residential flat building in Nabatieh.

FIFA Club planet Cup 2025: Who’s in, who’s out – ...

9 miesięcy temu The lineup for the FIFA Club planet Cup circular of 16 is complete. Al Jazeera athletics takes a closer look.

Has Trump struck a trade deal with China – and wha...

9 miesięcy temu China confirms details amid efforts to end tariff war, but questions stay over Trump's global trade policy.

US ultimate Court limits courts’ ability to issue...

9 miesięcy temu The decision is simply a major triumph for the Trump administration, which has denounced the injunctions against its policies.

Mike Johnson hails 'progress' toward SALT deal

politico.com 9 miesięcy temu The White home is close to clinching an agreement on the state and local taxation deduction after a last-ditch flurry of negotiations with blue-state home GOP holdouts and legislature Republicans, according to 3 people granted anonymity to descr...

Political force is quintessentially American

9 miesięcy temu The US cannot claim innocence - political force shaped its past and defines its present.

In an age of abundance and ceasefires, Gaza starve...

9 miesięcy temu Al Jazeera's Maram Humaid writes a letter from Gaza, the place the planet chose to forget.

UK police arrest 4 after pro-Palestinian protest ...

9 miesięcy temu The arrests come after the UK government said it would proscribe Palestine Action under anti-terror laws.

Why is Mexico threatening to sue Elon Musk over Sp...

9 miesięcy temu How debris from 4th SpaceX launch failure this year fell into Mexico; what is the danger of space debris generally?

DRC and Rwanda to strike Trump-brokered peace deal...

9 miesięcy temu It's 1 of respective attempts to end the deadly conflict in the troubled east DRC. Will it work where others failed?

Israel attacks south Lebanon with ‘bunker buster’ ...

9 miesięcy temu Footage has been shared on social media showing Israeli air attacks utilizing ‘bunker busters’.

War and Waste in Gaza

9 miesięcy temu A look at how widespread waste sites are across Gaza, highlighting an environmental and wellness hazard brought on by war.

Capitol agenda: How Trump could get his July 4 meg...

politico.com 9 miesięcy temu Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” is in tatters. president Donald Trump inactive wants it on his desk by July 4. Here’s everything that will gotta go right to make that happen: GOP senators and staff now believe Saturday is...

UN: Unprecedented displacement of West Bank Palest...

9 miesięcy temu The UN has warned Israel is displacing Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank at a rate not seen in decades.

Family in Pakistan missing after flash flooding

9 miesięcy temu Several people believed to be part of the same household were filmed being swept downstream after flash flooding.

Iran’s atomic capabilities: What we actually know...

9 miesięcy temu In this Fact Check, Al Jazeera’s @khalidmajzoub breaks down the facts about Iran’s atomic capabilities.

UK government backs down on disability benefit cut...

9 miesięcy temu Labour MPs force concessions on disability reforms, applying changes only to fresh claimants amid mounting criticism.

Babies starve to death in Gaza as US approves more...

9 miesięcy temu Two babies died of starvation in Gaza due to Israel’s continuing blockade of vital aid.

Firing on unarmed civilians in Gaza “a war crime”

9 miesięcy temu Human rights lawyer, Kate Mackintosh, warns staff at GHF that they could face war crimes charges over Gaza aid deaths.

AI is turning border enforcement in the US into a ...

9 miesięcy temu A fresh AI app pays civilians to track people crossing the border - no training, no oversight, no rules.

Trump says US has signed trade deal with China

9 miesięcy temu China's Ministry of Commerce says the 2 sides "further confirmed the details of the framework."

‘Waited for 40 years’: South Africa’s Cradock 4 f...

9 miesięcy temu Relatives of the victims of apartheid-era murders want the government to do more to hold perpetrators accountable.

Is ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention centre funded by...

9 miesięcy temu Government will allocate any FEMA funds to the facility, but will not usage disaster relief money.

US approves $30m for controversial Israel-backed G...

9 miesięcy temu Human rights lawyer warns GHF staff may face war crimes charges over deadly incidents at Gaza's aid distribution sites.

‘The Caspian Sea is shrinking. It is visible with ...

9 miesięcy temu Kazakh ecologists and environmental activists worry that the Caspian Sea's levels are set to decline further.

Fact check: Is Zohran Mamdani a communist?

9 miesięcy temu No, Trump's claim that fresh York City mayoral candidate’s platform is akin to communism is false, experts say.

Security forces disperse Togo protesters demanding...

9 miesięcy temu Faure Gnassingbe facing criticism over changes to the country's constitution that could keep him in power indefinitely.

Americans detained trying to send rice, Bibles, do...

9 miesięcy temu Six US nationals were taken into custody in South Korea close a restricted border area with North Korea.

Russian photographer gets 16 years prison for Sovi...

9 miesięcy temu Grigory Skvortsov, who denies wrongdoing, will service his conviction in a maximum-security prison camp.

India’s innovation push falters with researchers d...

9 miesięcy temu Months-long delays in the payment of stipends leave researchers struggling to make ends meet.

Japan executes by hanging ‘Twitter killer’ who mur...

9 miesięcy temu Takahiro Shiraishi was hanged for the murders of 8 women and 1 man whose body parts he hid in his tiny apartment.

Real Madrid beat Salzburg to meet Juventus, Man Ci...

9 miesięcy temu Spain's Real Madrid to meet Italy's Juventus in FIFA Club planet Cup after eliminating Salzburg, Man City face Al Hilal.

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,219

9 miesięcy temu Here are the key events on day 1,219 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Brazil announces compensation for dictatorship vic...

9 miesięcy temu The Brazilian government has acknowledged its function in the killing and cover-up of a prominent writer in the 1970s.

Gun control crusader and erstwhile US Rep. Caroly...

politico.com 9 miesięcy temu She went from political novice to leading advocate for weapon improvement after her husband was killed and her boy severely injured in the 1993 Long Island Rail Road massacre.